211Long VeniceBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-84 State: 8/8 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52134 |
Paper size: | 132 x 305 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 305 mm |
Note on size: | tab 49-65mm from left |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light tone, delicately wiped, slightly more at the bottom |
Note on foul biting: | a few dots - a cluster of dots at top, left of centre and a large dot to right of the butterfly |
Print note: | lovely impression: the lines of the clouds look half irregularly burnished out |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | n/a |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2120505 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.